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| Autor/inn/en | Barr, Ashley B.; Simons, Ronald L. |
|---|---|
| Titel | College Aspirations and Expectations among New African-American Mothers in Late Adolescence |
| Quelle | In: Gender and Education, 24 (2012) 7, S.745-763 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0954-0253 |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540253.2012.712097 |
| Schlagwörter | Academic Aspiration; Academic Failure; Educational Attainment; Late Adolescents; African Americans; Mothers; Early Parenthood; Academic Achievement; Correlation; Expectation; Interviews; Higher Education; College Bound Students; Attendance |
| Abstract | It is a generally accepted finding in the sociological literature as well as in public discourse that adolescent mothers are less likely than their non-parenting counterparts to graduate high school and to attend college. For several decades, however, researchers have pointed out that the implied causal process from teen motherhood to academic failure has been largely unsupported by empirical research. In fact, scholars have recently argued that motherhood may actually serve as a positive turning point in the lives of young women. Using a sample of young African-American women, this study assesses the degree to which teen motherhood not only affects college aspirations but also expectations. Further, it tests the ability of these effects to explain the well-known educational attainment gap between teen mothers and their non-childbearing peers. Results indicate that, in general, young mothers' college aspirations are similar to those of non-mothers, but that their generally high aspirations for academic success appear to be effectively countered by their decreased educational expectations. (Contains 3 tables and 3 notes.) (As Provided). |
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| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2017/4/10 |
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